Re: [HACKERS] Large objects names - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter T Mount
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Large objects names
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.3.96.980806065832.793I-100000@maidast.retep.org.uk
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In response to Large objects names  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Large objects names  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: [HACKERS] Large objects names  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Currently, large objects are stored internally as xinv### and xinx###.
>
> I would like to rename this for 6.4 to be _lobject_### to prevent
> namespace collisions, and make them clearer for administrators.
>
> However, this may cause problems for backward compatability for large
> object users.  As I see there are going to be other new large object
> things in 6.4, it may not be an issue.
>
> Is is OK to rename them internally?

Shouldn't be a problem. JDBC does refer to the xin prefix with the
getTables method, so it's simply a single change there.

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